Velvet Frost - triangular shawl with lace border

Downloadable PDF knitting pattern.

This pattern is also available on create2thrive.com

The Velvet Frost shawl is knitted in a shallow triangular shape. The shawl is worked bottom-up starting with the lace border. The body is knit in garter stitch pattern and shaped into a triangle with the short rows knitting technique. The body and the lace part are separated with the row of eyelets. The shawl’s top edge is finished with the I-Cord bind off.

The stitch patterns used for the lace border are written out and charted.

SIZES

S (M, L)

The sample is knit in size M.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS (approx., blocked)

Width: 46 (57, 68) inches / 117 (145, 172.5) cm

Depth: 16.75 (19.5, 22.25) inches / 43 (50, 57) cm

GAUGE

18 sts x 36 rows to 4 inches / 10 cm square over garter stitch pattern on US #4 / 3.5 mm needles, blocked

Please note, a different gauge will affect the finished measurements and yardage used.

MATERIALS

US #4 / 3.5 mm needles (32 inches / 80 cm circular needles - to accommodate all the stitches), or size to obtain gauge; stitch marker; tapestry needle

YARDAGE (approx.)

MC - 292 (437.4, 621) yards / 267 (400, 568) meters

CC - 138 (206.7, 294) yards / 126 (189, 269) meters

Total - 430 (644.1, 915) yards / 393 (589, 837) meters

YARN USED IN SAMPLE

MC - The Silky Sock yarn, 50/50 merino/silk (437.4 yards / 400.0 meters; 3.53 ounces / 100 grams)

CC - Bare Capretta Superwash, 80/10/10 merino/cashmere/nylon (460 yards / 420 meters; 3.53 ounces / 100 grams), custom hand dyed

RECOMMENDED YARN

Choose the yarn made of natural fibres or blends in fingering weight that produces the fabric that blocks well and has a good drape.

SKILL LEVEL

Intermediate